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Botswana
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
BOTSWANA VS SURINAME

Compare Botswana and Suriname health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Suriname
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Botswana Population Pyramid
3,509,813
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Suriname Population Pyramid
680,234
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Suriname SURINAME
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Suriname SURINAME
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.9
52.5
50.7
95
91
92
  
58.0
61.7
59.8
64
63
63
1970
53.0
56.7
54.8
100
98
98
  
61.2
65.7
63.4
66
66
65
1980
58.5
62.6
60.5
101
102
101
  
64.0
69.0
66.4
71
73
74
1990
60.5
65.6
63.0
118
116
116
  
65.9
71.0
68.4
79
85
84
2000
47.9
47.7
47.8
168
177
173
  
64.2
70.8
67.4
109
105
107
2010
58.7
63.7
61.1
150
143
149
  
67.1
73.6
70.3
105
104
104
2019
59.0
65.5
62.2
174
160
171
  
68.5
74.6
71.5
117
107
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Suriname SURINAME
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.0
65.5
174
160
68.5
74.6
117
107
Age
59.0
65.5
174
160
68.5
74.6
117
107
Age 5
61.8
68.1
176
173
69.9
75.8
124
110
Age 10
62.0
68.3
177
174
70.0
75.9
124
111
Age 15
62.1
68.4
177
174
70.1
76.0
128
110
Age 20
62.6
68.7
177
174
70.3
76.2
129
110
Age 25
63.2
69.2
178
174
70.6
76.3
130
110
Age 30
63.9
69.8
178
174
71.2
76.6
128
109
Age 35
64.9
70.7
177
173
71.7
77.1
125
106
Age 40
66.1
71.9
177
172
72.2
77.5
128
106
Age 45
67.7
73.3
176
169
72.8
77.9
129
105
Age 50
69.6
74.8
176
164
73.6
78.6
134
101
Age 55
71.8
76.4
174
159
74.6
79.2
141
102
Age 60
74.2
78.0
172
156
76.4
80.5
137
101
Age 65
76.7
79.7
171
150
78.2
81.7
138
100
Age 70
79.4
81.7
170
148
80.3
83.0
141
102
Age 75
82.4
84.0
166
145
82.6
85.0
161
100
Age 80
85.7
86.7
159
145
85.5
87.1
165
115
Age 85
89.2
89.9
155
144
89.1
89.8
161
147
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Suriname SURINAME
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
252.76
3
23.57
41
2. Coronary Heart Disease
133.53
65
123.28
75
3. Stroke
133.30
30
117.53
47
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
110.71
21
32.82
81
5. Diabetes Mellitus
99.86
9
53.75
34
6. Lung Disease
40.61
28
18.00
115
7. Hypertension
39.78
24
25.66
56
8. Kidney Disease
38.81
24
52.54
9
9. Tuberculosis
34.54
30
2.93
96
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
30.71
49
5.98
77
11. Road Traffic Accidents
30.39
48
15.53
92
12. Liver Disease
30.38
56
24.32
79
13. Suicide
20.22
14
25.89
6
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.91
71
23.53
21
15. Cervical Cancer
18.90
40
16.24
50
16. Violence
18.25
22
5.85
82
17. Asthma
17.13
28
2.86
101
18. Inflammatory/Heart
13.33
15
6.86
52
19. Prostate Cancer
13.09
119
39.62
15
20. Other Injuries
11.76
48
13.07
35
21. Low Birth Weight
10.36
34
6.28
74
22. Breast Cancer
8.55
170
18.46
72
23. Malnutrition
8.21
37
2.50
80
24. Congenital Anomalies
8.12
28
5.78
93
25. Oesophagus Cancer
8.01
18
0.42
179
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.00
32
5.41
54
27. Endocrine Disorders
6.51
44
6.72
43
28. Fires
6.18
5
2.29
68
29. Birth Trauma
5.97
56
3.68
76
30. Meningitis
5.86
45
0.92
84
31. Oral Cancer
5.52
33
2.80
90
32. Maternal Conditions
4.92
49
2.46
64
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.69
60
5.52
34
34. Skin Cancers
4.55
11
0.19
175
35. Falls
4.45
115
6.60
76
36. Lymphomas
4.43
104
4.23
110
37. Liver Cancer
4.32
118
8.43
44
38. Drownings
3.71
54
4.80
29
39. Lung Cancers
3.39
153
18.83
60
40. Epilepsy
2.90
31
3.21
25
41. Skin Disease
2.52
37
10.27
2
42. Ovary Cancer
2.44
164
4.45
92
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.43
57
1.15
108
44. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.09
181
13.75
35
45. Alcohol
1.92
62
2.81
41
46. Poisonings
1.90
48
0.30
123
47. Pertussis
1.48
55
0.20
93
48. Drug Use
1.40
73
1.30
86
49. Pancreas Cancer
1.33
159
4.88
66
50. Uterin Cancer
1.23
153
1.81
120
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Suriname SURINAME
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
4,950
25.51
138
3.41
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,674
8.63
171
4.22
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,632
8.41
650
16.05
4. Stroke
1,588
8.18
615
15.19
5. Diabetes Mellitus
1,273
6.56
286
7.06
6. Tuberculosis
649
3.34
17
0.42
7. Road Traffic Accidents
608
3.13
89
2.20
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
527
2.72
31
0.77
9. Kidney Disease
506
2.61
281
6.94
10. Lung Disease
482
2.48
93
2.30
11. Hypertension
471
2.43
134
3.31
12. Liver Disease
459
2.37
134
3.31
13. Low Birth Weight
447
2.30
51
1.26
14. Violence
389
2.00
34
0.84
15. Suicide
370
1.91
148
3.65
16. Congenital Anomalies
287
1.48
40
0.99
17. Birth Trauma
261
1.34
28
0.69
18. Asthma
232
1.20
16
0.40
19. Other Injuries
216
1.11
73
1.80
20. Inflammatory/Heart
177
0.91
37
0.91
21. Malnutrition
171
0.88
13
0.32
22. Cervical Cancer
164
0.85
48
1.19
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
164
0.85
117
2.89
24. Maternal Conditions
118
0.61
14
0.35
25. Meningitis
108
0.56
5
0.12
26. Fires
108
0.56
13
0.32
27. Oesophagus Cancer
103
0.53
2
0.05
28. Endocrine Disorders
103
0.53
37
0.91
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
90
0.46
29
0.72
30. Drownings
83
0.43
28
0.69
31. Lymphomas
77
0.40
23
0.57
32. Oral Cancer
70
0.36
16
0.40
33. Breast Cancer
68
0.35
55
1.36
34. Falls
62
0.32
34
0.84
35. Liver Cancer
57
0.29
45
1.11
36. Epilepsy
56
0.29
18
0.44
37. Skin Cancers
52
0.27
1
0.02
38. Parkinson's Disease
47
0.24
28
0.69
39. Pertussis
45
0.23
1
0.02
40. Lung Cancers
45
0.23
102
2.52
41. Prostate Cancer
45
0.23
78
1.93
42. Poisonings
42
0.22
2
0.05
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
37
0.19
6
0.15
44. Syphilis
36
0.19
3
0.07
45. Alcohol
31
0.16
16
0.40
46. Skin Disease
30
0.15
53
1.31
47. Colon-Rectum Cancers
28
0.14
72
1.78
48. Drug Use
26
0.13
7
0.17
49. Ovary Cancer
19
0.10
14
0.35
50. Pancreas Cancer
16
0.08
26
0.64
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Suriname SURINAME
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
18.90
40
16.24
50
2. Prostate Cancer
13.09
119
39.62
15
3. Breast Cancer
8.55
170
18.46
72
4. Oesophagus Cancer
8.01
18
0.42
179
5. Oral Cancer
5.52
33
2.80
90
6. Skin Cancers
4.55
11
0.19
175
7. Lymphomas
4.43
104
4.23
110
8. Liver Cancer
4.32
118
8.43
44
9. Lung Cancers
3.39
153
18.83
60
10. Ovary Cancer
2.44
164
4.45
92
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.09
181
13.75
35
12. Pancreas Cancer
1.33
159
4.88
66
13. Uterin Cancer
1.23
153
1.81
120
14. Leukemia
0.76
174
3.60
91
15. Stomach Cancer
0.74
182
4.64
121
16. Bladder Cancer
0.52
178
1.06
154
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.